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Said there will be an educational period. is there a point sometime during this year when there will be a crackdown or when exactly does the enforcement start? >> well, certainly the guidance will begin to be implemented today and that is one of the benefits of the president's proposal, that these are actions that can be -- that aren't subject to a protracted rule-making process but rather changes that can go into effect and begin being implemented today. as for how it is enforced down the line, you have to check with either the attorney general's office or even somebody at the atf who could g...

Certainly wouldn't be surprised if it makes an appearance during the president's state of the union address that will be covered by all of your networks next tuesday. okay? jordan. >> reporter: thanks, josh. were legal concerns one of the reasons that the background check measure was issued as guidance rather than a rule, and are there concerns that a republican white house could quickly reverse something like that, even more quickly than if you had issued it as a new rule or regulation? >> well, i'm not aware of any specific legal concerns. as i mentioned yesterday, any action that the presid...

Can smoke. kind of in the way you see in airports and in other places. so in this rule making process, we're going to consider the ability of public housing authorities to do things like that that are effective and for folks who do smoke if they're addicted to smoking. outlines a play place where they're able to do that but the hallways, corridors, the rooms that people live in, we believe that those ought to be smoke-free. >> would they be able to smoke outside of the building? >> reporter: they would. so the rule that we're considering would say, you have to be at least 25 feet away from one...

>> right now it's the wild, wild west for e-cigarettes. we're very concerned about this. >> reporter: the fda getting involved hoping to regulate the health and safety of the product. >> we are in the middle of a rule-making process. we have a public goal of trying to complete this rule making by the end of june of this year. >> reporter: the fda is also still evaluating the impact they could have on your health. as for the explosions, the smoke-free alternatives trade association tells us while these incidents are taken very seriously, millions of former smokers continue to use these products...

Understands what they could do wrong to make the product dangerous. >> right now it's the wild, wild west for e-cigarettes. we're very concerned about this. >> reporter: the fda getting involved hoping to regulate the health and safety of the product. >> we are in the middle of a rule-making process. we have a public goal of trying to complete this rule making by the end of june of this year. >> reporter: the fda is also still evaluating the impact they could have on your health. as for the explosions, the smoke-free alternatives trade association tells us while these incidents are taken very ...